GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: The Turkey Hangover

Know Your Limits, Avoid the Turkey Hangover.

The Frank family just finished up their Thanksgiving dinner. Bob Frank, the youngest cousin, capped off his dinner with half of a pumpkin pie. This was after four servings of Turkey, a ton of ham, sweet potatoes, corn, three rolls and stuffing. He’s already got the meat sweats, and now with the addition of all the sugar from the pie – Bob has gone into a walking food coma. Suddenly he becomes quite confused as to where he is and who all the people around him are. Bob looks around and the world is spinning. Suddenly he sees his whole life and death flash before his eyes – even the age at which he will die. He sees his youth lasted 1/6 of his life. In the next 1/12 of his life he had his first beard. At the end of the following 1/7 of his life, he got married. Five years later his daughter was born. His daughter lives exactly 1/2 of Bob’s life. Bob dies 4 years after the death of his daughter. How long did Bob live in his vision?

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